The Chapel Choir of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, UK, will present A Recital of Choir Music, featuring...

An Evening of Chamber Music

Come and celebrate the 300th anniversary of CPE Bach's birth with members of the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra.

Free admission and open to the public.

Murray Forbes Somerville, Artistic Director Emeritus, Music City Baroque & Former Gund University Organist and Choirmaster (1990–2003), The Memorial Church at Harvard University

The English choral conductor and organist, Murray Forbes Somerville, was born in London and raised in Rhodesia. He studied under Karl Richter in Munich, Germany, at Oxford University (where he was Organ Scholar of New College, under Sir David Lumsden), under Robert Baker at the School of Sacred Music at Union Theological Seminary in New York, and with William Porter at New England Conservatory.

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The Gough Duo, Rachel Gough, violin and Rupert Gough, organ

The Gough Duo was formed in 1997 and is the only...

James D. Hicks, Concert Organist and Scandinavian Music Specialist, Morristown, New Jersey

James D. Hicks has appeared as a concert organist throughout the United States, Europe, and Australia. He is a native of Fredericksburg, VA. He holds degrees in music from the Peabody Institute of Music of Johns Hopkins University, Yale University, and the University of Cincinnati. Other studies of his include courses at the Royal School of Church Music in England. He is an Associate of the American Guild of Organists.
In recent years, he has made two organ recordings on the Pro Organo label. The first, American Classic Fantastic, was recorded at the Presbyterian Church in Morristown. It features several world premieres of twentieth and twenty-first century American repertoire and includes two original works.... Read more about Organ Recital Series: James D. Hicks

Members of the Harvard Organ Society

An official student organization of Harvard College, Harvard students form the core of the Society’s membership, yet many friends from the wider community play a vital role in the Society’s activities. Among other activities—such as sponsoring Harvard's famous midnight Halloween concert—the Society organizes visits to notable instruments throughout the Boston area and wider New England. In Fall 2013, its members performed in several concerts on campus and in Boston, sharing their love of organ music with the wider community. A two-week study trip to France and the Netherlands is planned for Spring 2014.... Read more about Organ Recital Series: Members of the Harvard Organ Society

Jung-A Lee, Organist, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach, California &  Founder and Chairman, Music Mission International

Dr. Jung-A Lee has performed in Europe, North America, and Asia as an organist, pianist, and conductor. She currently works as an organist at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach, an adjunct professor at Vanguard University, and an accompanist for the Men in Blaque Choir at University of California, Irvine.... Read more about Organ Recital Series: Jung-A Lee

Charles Boyd Tompkins, Professor of Music and University Organist, Furman University

Charles Tompkins is recognized as one of America's most outstanding organ teachers and concert organists.... Read more about Organ Recital Series: Charles Boyd Tompkins

Katelyn Emerson, Director of Music, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Amherst, Ohio

Organist Katelyn Emerson performs throughout the United States, showcasing repertoire spanning from the 14th-20th centuries and giving "superlative performance with musical precision" (Worcester Chapter, American Guild of Organists).... Read more about Organ Recital Series: Katelyn Emerson

Diane Meredith Belcher, American Concert Organist & Director of Music and Organist, St. Mary Star of the Sea, Beverly, Massachusetts

Organist Diane Meredith Belcher brings to the music world performances of rare artistry; her stirringly expressive, dazzlingly clear, and astoundingly virtuosic playing has thrilled audiences throughout the United States, in Europe and Canada since her solo debut at age fifteen.... Read more about Celebrity Organ Recital: Diane Meredith Belcher

As part of Harvard’s ARTS FIRST festival, the Choral Fellows will perform a recital of Purcell and Handel on Saturday, May 3 at 1:00 p.m.; the Harvard University Choir will sing Evensong on Sunday, May 4 at 4:00 p.m., featuring the music of Stanford and Britten. Both performances are free and open to the public.

As part of Harvard’s ARTS FIRST festival, the Choral Fellows will perform a recital of Purcell and Handel on Saturday, May 3 at 1:00 p.m.; the Harvard University Choir will sing Evensong on Sunday, May 4 at 4:00 p.m., featuring the music of Stanford and Britten. Both performances are free and open to the public.

A new addition to our Holy Week observances will be a musical meditation by the Choral Fellows of Dieterich Buxtehude’s remarkable contemplation of the crucified Jesus, Membra Jesu Nostri. 

The Harvard University Choir and the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra present a performance of Die Israeliten in der Wüste by Johann Sebastian Bach’s most famous son, Carl Philipp Emanuel, whose 300th anniversary is celebrated in 2014....

A Study Break for current students, sponsored by the Memorial Church and the Freshman Dean’s Office starts at 11:30 p.m. in the Memorial Room followed by the Harvard Organ Society’s annual Halloween Organ Recital at midnight. Wear your costume!